Steven DiTullio

The world's least interesting degenerate. You're only as good as the information you get.

[Steven DiTullio @dtools22]

My requirement, in any conversation about any subject, is that we deal in facts.

Opinions are welcome, but must based on something real.

Real means I can find it somewhere other than from you and verify it in multiple places.

Facts matter. Context matters. Questions are good.

[Steven DiTullio @dtools22]

@RichMuny @KamalaHarris Biden asked his nominees vote for Harris at the convention. So they did. Not all that outrageous.

They could have said no and voted for someone else and a convention fight would have broken out for the nomination.

Either way, the nomination process isn't democratic.

[Steven DiTullio @dtools22]

@RichMuny @KamalaHarris Eh, not really. Political party nominations are mostly for the theater of it. The rules generally just get made so the preferred candidate wins, like Clinton in 2016.

Political parties are not themselves democratic organizations.

[Steven DiTullio @dtools22]

@RichMuny @SenSchumer @SenWarren @RonWyden The idea that taxing these transactions being bad just seems very silly.

[Steven DiTullio @dtools22]

@RichMuny @SenSchumer @SenWarren @RonWyden Those buybacks are not always benefits to the consumer. The company has more cash on hand from the initial sale. They can, in theory, sell ownership when they think the stock will dip, wait out the dip, and then buy back below the original price making money out of nothing.

[Steven DiTullio @dtools22]

@RichMuny @KamalaHarris Every single party nomination that has ever happened is undemocratic. Used to be people in the back room of some pool hall picking the nominee.

A political party does not have to fairly choose their nominee.

[Steven DiTullio @dtools22]

@RichMuny @SenSchumer @SenWarren @RonWyden Fair, but if you don't participate in the buy back these transactions don't affect you at all.

The larger point is major corporations shouldn't be able to benefit from plummeting stock.

The way you describe it makes these transactions seem on the level which they are not always

[Steven DiTullio @dtools22]

@RichMuny @SenSchumer @SenWarren @RonWyden So, I have to ask, as an average US citizen why exactly are you against a tax on stock buy backs?

How do you think this would negatively affect you?

[Steven DiTullio @dtools22]

@UnderdogGolf @JoelMBeall He was looking for her wallet so he could bet on an international cricket game.

[Steven DiTullio @dtools22]

@RichMuny @shellenberger I agree with the general point that traditional news outlets, just about all of them, are dreadfully bad at informing people.

I don't even want to bother defending 60 Minutes choices.

I don't think it's some conspiracy that they didn't cover it though.

[Steven DiTullio @dtools22]

@draftcheat Thinking he created their freedoms is about as absurd as it gets.

Also, let's say for a second that he did. They also have the freedom to boo. That's their right as well.

Just drink it all in.

[Steven DiTullio @dtools22]

@Timcast I would hardly call an election that takes multiple days to count votes "rushing"

[Steven DiTullio @dtools22]

@RichMuny @shellenberger Just because I couldn't explain the numbers I picked I'll add this, it very much depends on what you would say the problem really is.

Too often people just make these stories about details that don't actually matter to the issue at hand.

[Steven DiTullio @dtools22]

@RichMuny @shellenberger I only have so many characters here I'll just number them in the order you listed.

1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12.

A lot of cherry picking data in those stories.

I can agree with your point that the news has been awful at informing for a long time. That's not just a left problem.

[Steven DiTullio @dtools22]

@IAmJamesStewart "Oh, great! He heard we needed a new intern. His work conflict must have finally cleared up"

[Steven DiTullio @dtools22]

@RichMuny @shellenberger I agree questioning is important. Quite a bit of the bullet points you listed are issues that have no basis in reality. They are red herring scape goat arguments pushed at you by unreliable sources of information.

[Steven DiTullio @dtools22]

@IAmJamesStewart Might be the most fun wrestling story in the last 20 years. Cheesy gimmick that turns serious and two guys that can just absolutely go.

Phenomenal example of what wrestling can be.

[Steven DiTullio @dtools22]

@UnderdogGolf Nevermind he's made like 3 cuts in his last 10

[Steven DiTullio @dtools22]

@UnderdogNFL Those are full speed drills for him

[Steven DiTullio @dtools22]

@RichMuny @shellenberger I am saddened that you have been so lost to misinformation that you think the topics you listed are real issues.

Is there a lack of reporting in the US? Absolutely. The problem is that people don't want to hear news that changes their opinions.

You have to be OK with facts.

[Steven DiTullio @dtools22]

@Microinteracti1 This is one of the more homo-erotic things I've seen in a while lol.